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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Grand Total | |||||||||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding Contacts):— (a) Definitely Tuberculous | |||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | |||||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 5 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | ||||||||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— (a) Recovered | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 16 | |||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 235 | 333 | 225 | 1042 | ||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | 40 | 59 | 100 | ||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 1. Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1934 | 834 | 2. Number of Cases transferred from other areas, and Cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of Cases transferred to other areas, Cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and Cases "lost sight of" | 70 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts).. | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st | ||||||||||||||
| 7. Number of Consultations with Medical Practitioners:— | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Health Visitors to homes | 10. Number of:— | 297 840 74 220 | |||||||||||||
| 11.Number of ''Recover Cases restored to Displensary Register and induded in A (b) above | 2 | 464 | |||||||||||||